APP Emergency Medicine/UKHC

U K Healthcare Ltd; Lexington (KY); On-site; USD 100,000 - 140,000; Full time

Job summary

The Department of Emergency Medicine at the University of Kentucky is seeking an Advanced Practice Provider to function as a Nurse Practitioner or Physician Assistant. This role provides clinical coverage in the Emergency Department, improves capacity, monitors complex patients, and contributes to patient care and satisfaction.

Duties include direct patient care, taking histories, ordering tests, performing exams, documenting findings, patient education, and supporting fast-track and triage.

Responsibilities

• Direct patient care in the Emergency Department.
• Obtain patient histories and document findings.
• Order and interpret diagnostic tests as indicated.
• Educate patients and families about care and treatments.
• Support fast track and triage processes.
• Serve as a role model for advanced practice professionals through leadership, ethical decision-making and problem-solving.

Job description

The Department of Emergency Medicine at the University of Kentucky is currently seeking an Advanced Practice Provider to function as a Nurse Practitioner or Physician Assistant.

This position will primarily provide clinical coverage and patient care in the Emergency Department. This position will improve the capacity of the clinical practice, provide enhanced monitoring of clinically complex patients, and contribute to excellence in patient care and patient satisfaction. Duties for this position include direct patient care, patient and family education, support to fast track and physician in the triage system, and serving as a critical member of the clinical care team.

This includes obtaining patient health histories, reviewing outside records, and performing complete physical examinations. It also includes documenting findings and noting pertinent normal and abnormal findings. In addition, this position orders and interprets appropriate diagnostic and laboratory tests and performs approved therapeutic or diagnostic procedures based on patients' clinical status.

Patient education will also be an essential function, and this position will be required to explain the necessity, preparation, nature, and anticipated effects of therapy to patients, patients' families, staff, and healthcare learners. In addition, this position will serve as a role model for advanced practice professional providers through conduct, appearance, communication, mutual respect, leadership, ethical decision-making, critical thinking, and problem-solving skills.